Luke Stepp's proposal to his girlfriend, Casey Dersham, took months to plan because it needed to be planted.

Luke Stepp and Casey Dersham of Watts Township have not yet set a date for their wedding but are considering fall of next year. Submitted photo

On July 24, Stepp, 25, took Dersham, 25, to land his family owns in Watts Township, Perry County. At the top of the hill while sitting in the bed of Stepp's truck, he asked her if she could "read the flowers."

No, she said. Nonetheless, he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. She said yes. Then they moved closer to the flowers.

"And then I could see it," Dersham said.

Stepp, his father and a friend, had planted sunflowers spelling out "Marry Me Casey."

The couple are both graduates of Susquenita High School and have been dating for about 2 and a half years. Dersham said no date has been set for the wedding but they are considering the fall of next year.

Dersham said that Stepp's aunt, Darlene Ray, had someone take an aerial photo of the proposal – which Dersham has not yet seen.

Others could not believe that Dersham never noticed the flowers growing into the proposal.

"I had no idea. It was a total shock to me. Everybody else knew. ... He never took me over to that part of the land. Now I know why."

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